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Primary Faculty
Gary Adamkiewicz
Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities
Research: Aspects of housing, communities, and neighborhoods that shape an individual’s health; disparities; interventions; urbanization; food; sustainability; environmental justice
Keywords: Indoor Environment, Built Environment, Socio Environment, Sustainability, Food, Environmental Justice, Environmental Health Disparities
Joseph Allen
Associate Professor of Exposure Assessment Science
Research: Impact of buildings on human health and evaluating exposures to chemical, biological, and radiological hazards
Keywords: Built Environment, Indoor Environment, Climate Change, Exposure Assessment
Joseph Brain
Cecil K and Philip Drinker Research Professor of Environmental Physiology
Research: Responses to inhaled gases, particulates, and microbes; role of lung macrophages in the prevention and pathogenesis of environmental lung disease as well as respiratory infection
Keywords: Nanomaterials, Respiratory, Cellular Biology, Physiology
David Christiani
Elkan Blout Professor of Environmental Genetics
Research: Impact of environmental exposures on health; interactions between host factors (genetic and acquired susceptibility) and environmental exposures on acute and chronic disease; molecular epidemiology.
Keywords: Cancer, Respiratory, Epidemiology
Brent Coull
Professor of Biostatistics
Associate Chair, Department of Biostatistics
Research: Categorical data analysis and semiparametric regression modeling; mixtures.
Keywords: Biostatistics
Douglas Dockery
John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Research Professor of Environmental Epidemiology, Emeritus
Research: Epidemiologic studies of respiratory health effects of air pollution environmental exposures and lifetime development of respiratory disease
Keywords: Air pollution, Climate Change, Epidemiology
Jeffrey Fredberg
Professor of Bioengineering and Physiology
Research: Molecular and integrative cellular dynamics; exploring the physical laws governing the abilities of the cytoskeleton to deform, contract, and remodel; role of these processes in airway narrowing in asthma
Keywords: Asthma, Bioengineering, Cellular Biology, Physiology
Christopher Golden
Associate Professor of Nutrition and Planetary Health
Research: Human health impacts of environmental change, with a focus on nutrition in the developing world; coral reefs, fisheries, seafood, and aquaculture; long-term field site in Madagascar.
Keywords: Planetary Health, Climate Change, Food Security, Disease Ecology
Adam Haber
Assistant Professor of Computational Biology and Environmental Health
Research: Role of airway epithelial cells in sensing and responding to exposures, particularly inhaled allergens. Computational methods for genomics with a focus on single-cell analysis. Geospatial analysis of asthma burden, role of housing as a source of exposures such as mold, and as a determinant of respiratory health.
Keywords: Asthma, Genomics, Respiratory, Biostatistics, Inflammation, Air Pollution, Built Environment, Environmental Justice
Russ Hauser
Frederick Lee Hisaw Professor of Reproductive Physiology, Department of Environmental Health
Research: Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Environmental Epidemiology, with a focus on endocrine disruptors
Keywords: Biomarkers, Organic Chemicals, Reproductive, Perinatal, Pediatric, Epidemiology
Tamarra James-Todd
Mark and Catherine Winkler Associate Professor of Environmental Reproductive Epidemiology
Research: Role of environmental chemicals on adverse maternal health outcomes; assessing racial/ethnic disparities; pregnancy and postpartum interventions
Keywords: Organic Chemicals, Pregnancy and Postpartum Health, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity, Health Disparities, Epidemiology, Women’s Health
Petros Koutrakis
Professor of Environmental Sciences
Research: Assessing human exposure to local and transported air pollution outdoors and indoors: sources, trends, measurement and characterization
Keywords: Air Pollution, Climate Change, Indoor Environment, Engineering, Exposure Assessment, Geospatial
Francine Laden
Associate Chair, Professor of Environmental Epidemiology
Research: Environmental epidemiology of cancer and respiratory disease; use of geographic information systems in environmental exposure assessment in large cohort studies
Keywords: Cancer, Epidemiology, Exposure Assessment, Geospatial, Respiratory
Bernardo Lemos
Associate Professor of Environmental Epigenetics
Research: Impact of exposures on genome integrity, gene regulation, and epigenetic mechanisms. Intergenerational outcomes, cancer, and aging.
Keywords: Biomarkers, Metals, Cancer, Epigenetics, Genomics
Quan Lu
Professor of Environmental Genetics and Physiology
Research: Gene-environment interactions; genetics and genomics approaches (e.g., RNAi screen and Next-Generation sequencing) to discover genes and genetic networks central to development of environmental diseases.
Keywords: Genomics
Shruthi Mahalingaiah
Assistant Professor of Environmental Reproductive and Women’s Health
Research: Epidemiology and life course physiology of women’s health outcomes with an emphasis on environmental exposures (endocrine disruptors and air pollution)
Keywords: Air pollution, Endocrine Disruptors, Cosmetics/Personal Care Products
Carmen Messerlian
Assistant Professor of Environmental Reproductive, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology
Research: Impact of environmental exposures on fertility, pregnancy, and child health
Keywords: Environmental Chemicals, Fertility, Reproductive Health, Pregnancy, Child Health and Development, Reproductive Aging
Kari Nadeau
Chair, John Rock Professor of Climate and Population Studies
Research: Studies on solutions-facing research with policy oriented outcomes to test whether specific adaptation or mitigation strategies in climate change are effective in reducing risk to human health, especially in vulnerable populations like children and in certain occupations.
Keywords: Systems biology, exposomics, climate change, pollution
Zachary Nagel
Associate Professor of Genomics and Cancer Biology
Research: Using Using multiplex DNA repair assays to develop personalized strategies for treating cancer and preventing diseases associated with DNA damage
Keywords: Radiation, Risk Assessment, Bioengineering, Cellular Biology
Jin-Ah Park
Associate Professor of Airway Biology
Research: Investigating the mechanistic link between physical forces and biochemical signals of airway epithelial cells in COPD and asthma
Keywords: Respiratory, Asthma, Bioengineering, Cellular Biology, Injuries
Kristopher Sarosiek
Associate Professor of Radiation Biology and Cell Death
Research: Employing genetic, cellular, and molecular approaches to study apoptosis (programmed cell death) in healthy tissues and how it becomes dysregulated by environmental, medical or disease-associated factors.
Keywords: Radiation, Cancer, Cell Mechanics, Stress, Cellular Biology, Physiology, Injuries, Neurodegeneration, Infection, Medicine, Exposure Biology, Biomarkers
Joel Schwartz
Professor of Environmental Epidemiology
Research: Environmental epidemiology; air pollution; drinking water contaminants; lead and other metals; modeling of continuous covariates in epidemiologic studies; cost-benefit analysis
Keywords: Epidemiology, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, Metals, Biostatistics
Frank Speizer
Professor of Environmental Science
Research: Epidemiologic studies of acute and chronic health effects of environmental exposures and lifetime development of chronic diseases
Keywords: Air Pollution, Indoor Environment, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Lifestyle and Behavioral Risk Factors, Cohort Studies
John Spengler
Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation
Research: Sustainable and healthy cities; and nature and the built environment’s impacts on well being
Keywords: Sustainability, Climate Change, Built Environment
Marc Weisskopf
Cecil K. and Philip Drinker Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Physiology
Research: Epidemiologic studies of neurological and psychiatric health effects of environmental exposures across the lifespan
Keywords: Air Pollution, Biomarkers, Metals, Cognitive, Neurological, Epidemiology, Occupational Health
Zhi-Min Yuan
Morningside Professor of Radiobiology
Director of the John B. Little Center
Research: Elucidation of signaling mechanisms that regulate cellular stress responses and on examining how stress signals affect cell behaviors in the context of cancer
Keywords: Radiation, Cellular Biology, Cancer
Secondary Faculty
Jeffrey M. Drazen
Professor in the Department of Environmental Health
Distinguished Parker B. Francis Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Research: Role of endogenous chemical agents in asthma.
Keywords: Asthma, Physiology, Inflammation, Cell Mechanics
Diane Gold
Professor in the Department of Environmental Health
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Research: Incidence or severity of respiratory diseases, including asthma, associated with environmental exposures, including indoor allergens, fungi, smoking, outdoor ozone and particles, socioeconomic, cultural and gender differences
Keywords: Epigenetics, Engineering, Inflammation, Asthma
Rose Goldman
Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance
Research: Occupational and environmental medicine, clinically-based epidemiology of metals and neurotoxins, pediatric environmental health, and innovative educational methods.
Keywords: Occupational Medicine, Metals, Neurocognition, Epidemiology
Jaime Hart
Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health
Research: Epidemiological studies of the impacts of air pollution and environmental factors (built environment, greenness) on chronic disease risk
Keywords: Air Pollution, Built Environment, Socio Environment, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Inflammation, Neurological, Reproductive, Respiratory, Epidemiology, Exposure Assessment, Geospatial
Stefanos Kales
Professor in the Department of Environmental Health
Research: Cardiovascular health of firefighters and police officers, and other public safety personnel, as well as occupational sleep medicine
Keywords: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular, Occupational Health, Sleep, Stress
Jeffrey Katz
Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Research: Evaluation and outcomes of musculoskeletal disorders including carpal tunnel syndrome, lumbar spinal stenosis and osteoarthritis and lower extremity joint replacement.
Keywords: Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology, Injuries
Susan Korrick
Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Research: Birth cohort studies of early life exposures (chemical and non-chemical) and subsequent growth and development
Keywords: Perinatal, Maternal, Cognitive, Metals, Socio Environment
Maitreyi Mazumdar
Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health
Research: Epidemiology studies of metal exposures and child health; environmental and nutritional determinants of neural tube defects
Keywords: Pesticides, Metals, Exposure Biology, Biomarkers, Metabolomics, Dietary Risk Assessment
Edward Nardell
Professor in the Departments of Environmental Health and Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Research: Airborne transmission and control of TB and other respiratory infections, quantitative air sampling of TB, ultraviolet (UV) germicidal air disinfection
Keywords: Respiratory, Exposure Assessment
Daniel Schrag
Professor in the Departments of Environmental Health
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Elsie Sunderland
Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering in the Department of Environmental Health
Research: Cycling of global contaminants in the environment and impacts of climate change and emissions on exposures.
Keywords: Climate Change, Food, Metals, Organic Chemicals, Water Pollution, Risk Assessment
Richard Verrier
Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Research: Neural, behavioral, and environmental triggers of sudden cardiac death and arrhythmias.
Keywords: Cardiovascular Function, Air Pollution
Scott Weiss
Professor in the Department of Environmental Health
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Research: Genetics of asthma and COPD, systems biology of asthma, Genomics of fetal lung development, molecular biology of asthma
Keywords: Asthma, Genomics, Respiratory, Epidemiology
Adjunct Faculty
Edward Baker
Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health
Andrea Bellavia
Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Health
Douglas Brownfield
Mark and Catherine Winkler Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
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Costas Christophi
Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health
Philip Demokritou
Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health
Research: Environmental Health and Safety of Engineered Nanomaterials, Nanotoxicology/Nanobiology, Environmental Nanotechnology, Aerosol Technology
Keywords: Aerosol, Industrial Hygiene, Nanomaterials, Sustainability
Jack Dennerlein
Adjunct Professor of Ergonomics and Safety
John Evans
Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health
Research: Risk Assessment; uncertainty analysis; decision analysis and formal elicitation of expert judgment.
Keywords: Air Pollution, Risk Assessment, Intake Fractions
Abby Fleisch
Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Health
Steven Hanna
Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Health
Philip Landrigan
Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health
Jonathan Levy
Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health
David Macintosh
Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Health
Research: Tools/analytics to support continuous improvement programs for community and workplace health and GHGs; health effects of chemical mixtures.
Keywords: Built Environment, Sustainability, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Respiratory, Risk Assessment, Exposure Assessment
Annette Peters
Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health
Glenn Pransky
Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Health
Nancy Long Sieber
Adjunct Lecturer on Physiology
Mercedes Sotos Prieto
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental Health
Gregory Wagner
Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health
David Wegman
Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health
Emeritus Faculty
William A. Burgess
Associate Professor of Occupational Health Engineering, Emeritus
Richard Monson
Professor of Epidemiology, Emeritus
Thomas J. Smith
Professor of Industrial Hygiene, Emeritus
